Not so much guitar amp, but speaker+headphone amplifier...?

Shadow1psc

Shadow1psc

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Ok so I'm moving into my new studio space soon, and here's what I have -

iMac (1/8" out jack, also apparently supports mini toslink)
AVID Mbox 2 (pictured here, 1/4" or S/PDIF out)
Studio Monitors (Event ASP8 that accept 1/4" input from -
Behringer Sub (accepts 1/4" or XLR Input from source)
Sennheiser HD-280s (multiple) (Basic studio headphones for tracking)

Basically, the tl;dr version is I'd like to have my iMac and Mbox 2 simultaneously be able to output to my monitors and headphones. I at least want to be able to have two pairs of headphones hooked up as well as be able to have the monitors on or off. More outputs the better. I thought of maybe using a simple four or eight channel headphone amp, but that usually accepts one input at a time, and I don't know about fidelity options therein when going into monitors as opposed to headphones. I figure there's maybe a receiver that does the job, but I'm honestly not sure which would be the way to go, or if there's something made specifically for this.

Any advice? Thanks~!
 
Re: Not so much guitar amp, but speaker+headphone amplifier...?

Sounds like you need a basic mixer.
 
Re: Not so much guitar amp, but speaker+headphone amplifier...?

Sounds like a mixer is needed to me too. I use a Yamaha MG166CX to front end my DAW, but there are loads of smaller mixers around that should give you sufficient i/o to cover your needs - you might still need a small headphone on top of that though, as I can't think of a small mixer that has more than one headphone socket.
 
Re: Not so much guitar amp, but speaker+headphone amplifier...?

Dunno why I didn't think of a mixer, what would be a good one for my purposes? I figure I don't have to break the bank on something like this.
 
Re: Not so much guitar amp, but speaker+headphone amplifier...?

Not really. You can get some very low cost ones. I've had a Behringer in the past that did me for years, though you'll hear plenty of anecdotal evidence that they fall apart as soon as look at them. I used mine for the best part of 10 years and it still works now - I just wanted to step it up a little, which is where the Yamaha came in. I'd start by just searching the usual suspects (GC, MF, and so on), see what they have that looks like the kind of price range you're interested in, then dig into the detail from there. At a guess (and I'm not in the US), you could get something for around $100.00, maybe less that would do the job perfectly.
 
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